folate (fÅËÂ·lÄt), n a B vitamin that is present in leafy green vegetables, dry peas and beans, and fortified breads and cereals. Folate deficiency may increase the risk of certain cancers, Alzheimer's disease, and certain birth defects, such as neural tube defects.
World's oldest twins are 102-year-old Scottish sisters, says Guinness World Records. Twins Evelyn (left) and Edith (right) celebrate their 102 birthday. Guinness World Records has declared the pair from Scotland the world's oldest twins.
THE greatest recorded number of children born to one mother in the world, according to the Guinness 2004 world records is 69. In 27 pregnancies, the first wife of Feodor Vassiâ¦lyev of Russia gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets. This was in the 17 Century. Only two of her children died at infancy. She also holds the world record for giving birth to the most sets of twins and sets of quadruplets. Similarly, the highest medically recorded number of children born at a single birth is nine to Geraldine Brodrick of Australia. None of the children (five boys, two stillborn and four girls) lived for more than six days.